A 2019 evaluation based report that sought to analyze the implementation of pretrial risk and supervised release program on pretrial release rates, judicial bail determinations, and failure to appear (FTA) rates among non-violent felony defendants in Orange County, CA that resulted in little to no pretrial release rates - but instead  decreased the  FTA of similarly situated defendants who were released on cash bail. The examination was conducted after the implementation of SB 10 in California that eliminated cash bail and replaced it with a system centered on risk assessment (a result of Pretrial detainees representing 64% of California’s jail inmates and the state's total incarcerated population). By utilizing data composed before and after the PARS implementation in Orange County, the authors suggest that current bail reform measures on graduated supervisory conditions depending on FTA risk, can be successfully implemented without significantly increasing pretrial failure rates. Ultimately the study calls for enhanced research not centered on a single county or non violent felony arrestees while combining an effort to eliminate bias presented in judge decisions.

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^{Keywords: Pretrial bail, supervised release, program evaluation}

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